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Regional variations and market share of FDA-authorised products for top-selling electronic cigarette brands in the USA: 2022–2024
Background This paper examines top-selling electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) brands and differences in top-selling brands by region in the USA from 2022 to 2024, and the market share of Food and Drug ...
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Smoking status and subjective well-being
Background/aims A debate is currently underway about the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) methods for evaluating antitobacco regulation. In particular, the US government requires a cost-benefit ...
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Psychosocial factors related to adolescent smoking: a critical review of the literature
a Centre on Aging, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, b Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Dr LL Pederson, ...
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Estimating the health consequences of replacing cigarettes with nicotine inhalers
Background: A fast acting, clean nicotine delivery system might substantially displace cigarettes. Public health consequences would depend on the subsequent prevalence of nicotine use, hazards of ...
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Eliminating child labour in Malawi: a British American Tobacco corporate responsibility project to sidestep tobacco labour exploitation
2 Mayo Clinic Nicotine Research Program, St Paul, Minnesota, USA 3 Nicotine Dependence Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Correspondence to: Professor Stanton A Glantz Center for Tobacco ...
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Determinants and prevalence of e-cigarette use throughout the European Union: a secondary analysis of 26 566 youth and adults from 27 Countries
Objective This study assessed the prevalence and determinants of e-cigarette use among persons aged ≥15 years in 27 European Union (EU) member countries during 2012. Methods The 2012 Eurobarometer 385 ...
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Measuring e-cigarette addiction among adolescents
Correspondence to Dr Mark L Rubinstein, Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA; Mark.Rubinstein{at}ucsf.edu Background and objectives With ...
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Regional disparities in Japan’s progress towards the Health Japan 21 smoking reduction target
Background Japan’s ‘Health Japan 21’ initiative targets a reduction in adult smoking prevalence to 12% by 2032. This study ...
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How state and local affirmative litigation can rein in illicit flavoured e-cigarettes
FDA enforcement of e-cigarette regulations is widely regarded as failing.1 Because e-cigarettes meet the definition of a ‘new ...
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Economic cost of cigarette smoking in China: a propensity score matching and DALY-based analysis (2014–2020)
Background Cigarette smoking imposes substantial health and economic burdens on China, yet its full impact remains significantly underestimated and based on outdated data. This study aims to ...
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A qualitative analysis of ‘informed choice’ among young adult smokers
Correspondence to Rebecca J Gray, Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 23A Mein Street, Newtown, Wellington 6021, New Zealand; rebecca.gray{at}otago.ac.nz Objective The ...